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American Red Cross Final Exam BLS
Questions and Verified Answers
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and
correctly perform chest compression at which rate? - ANS 100 to 120 per
minute.
A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR
includes ensuring that providers switch off performing compression every
_____ minutes. - ANS 2
During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to
each member. You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is
the most appropriate action? - ANSAlert the team leader immediately and
identify for them what task has been overlooked.
How is a child defined in terms of CPR care? - ANSC. someone from the
age of 1 to the onset of puberty
The code team has arrived to take over resuscitative efforts. Among the
members of the BLS team, whose role is it to communicate to the code
team the patient's status and the care already provided? - ANSteam leader
The systematic and continuous approach to providing emergent patient
care includes which three elements? - ANSAssess, Recognize, Care
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Upon entering Mr. Cohen's room, you find him on the ground,
unresponsive. After immediately initiating the emergency response system,
what is your next action according to the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of
Survival? - ANSEarly CPR
What is a reason you would choose to perform chest thrusts instead of
abdominal thrusts for an adult with an obstructed airway? - ANSThe patient
is in a wheelchair.
While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient
who is unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical assistant,
"Go get the AED!" Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates
closed-loop communication? - ANS"I'll go get the AED."
You and another provider are caring for a patient who is in cardiac arrest.
You suspect that your patient has overdosed on an opioid. When should
you administer intranasal naloxone? - ANSAfter initiating CPR
you and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72-year old patient,
ben phillips. When Mr. Phillips show signs of ROSC, where should you
perform the pulse check? - ANSat the carotid or femoral artery
You and your co-worker Jake are operating a BVM during multiple-provider
CPR for an adult. You manage the airway while Jake delivers ventilations.
Which statement correctly describes the appropriate technique for
operating the BVM? - ANSseal the mask with 2 hand using E-C technique
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American Red Cross Final Exam BLS
Questions and Verified Answers
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and
correctly perform chest compression at which rate? - ANS 100 to 120 per
minute.
A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR
includes ensuring that providers switch off performing compression every
_____ minutes. - ANS 2
During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to
each member. You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is
the most appropriate action? - ANSAlert the team leader immediately and
identify for them what task has been overlooked.
How is a child defined in terms of CPR care? - ANSC. someone from the
age of 1 to the onset of puberty
The code team has arrived to take over resuscitative efforts. Among the
members of the BLS team, whose role is it to communicate to the code
team the patient's status and the care already provided? - ANSteam leader
The systematic and continuous approach to providing emergent patient
care includes which three elements? - ANSAssess, Recognize, Care
1
, 2
Upon entering Mr. Cohen's room, you find him on the ground,
unresponsive. After immediately initiating the emergency response system,
what is your next action according to the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of
Survival? - ANSEarly CPR
What is a reason you would choose to perform chest thrusts instead of
abdominal thrusts for an adult with an obstructed airway? - ANSThe patient
is in a wheelchair.
While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient
who is unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical assistant,
"Go get the AED!" Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates
closed-loop communication? - ANS"I'll go get the AED."
You and another provider are caring for a patient who is in cardiac arrest.
You suspect that your patient has overdosed on an opioid. When should
you administer intranasal naloxone? - ANSAfter initiating CPR
you and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72-year old patient,
ben phillips. When Mr. Phillips show signs of ROSC, where should you
perform the pulse check? - ANSat the carotid or femoral artery
You and your co-worker Jake are operating a BVM during multiple-provider
CPR for an adult. You manage the airway while Jake delivers ventilations.
Which statement correctly describes the appropriate technique for
operating the BVM? - ANSseal the mask with 2 hand using E-C technique
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